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all the Grafs, Weeds, anff Lumps 

 of Earth, and fling them into the 

 Furrows to rot. 



The Land for this Seed ought to 

 be finely plow'd and harrow'd, and 

 all the Clods and Turfs broken, and 

 the Stones pick'd up, and carry'd 

 off. 



The beft time for fowing it is the 

 Latter-end of July t foon after the 

 Seed is ripe ; which will come up in 

 Augujl, and mull be hoed out, as is 

 praclis'd for Turneps, leaving the 

 Plants ten or twelve Inches afunder; 

 by which means they will grow 

 ftrong, and produce much larger 

 Leaves ; and befides, that iown at 

 this Seafon doth feldom mifcarry ; 

 whereas that which is fown in the 

 Spring will be very liable thereto ; 

 and if it doth not, the Plant will not 

 have half the Strength the firft Sum- 

 mer. 



It ought to be kept conllantly 

 weeded ; but if it come up good, it 

 will need the lefs weeding : the or- 

 dinary Price of Weeding is eight 

 Shillings /vr Acre. 



Some recommend the fowing of it 

 about the Beginning of February, 

 for which they give this Reafon, that 

 whereas it is apt to be fpoil'd by the 

 Fly and Grub, it efcapes the better, 

 being early fown ; and if they do k:ll 

 any of it, they have the better Op- 

 portunity of fowing more. 



They do this by making Holes 

 with a Stick about feven or eight 

 Inches afunder, and put five or lix 

 Seeds into each Hole. 



They feldom or never fow it more 

 than two Years upon the fame Piece 

 of Land ; becaufe, if it belong con- 

 tinued, it robs the Soil : but if it be 

 moderately ufed, it prepares Land 

 for Corn ; and where the Soil is rank, 

 it abates. the too great Fertility of 

 it. 



It is ripe when the Leaf is ccme 



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to its full Growth, and retains its 

 perfect Colour, and lively Green- 

 nefs ; which is fometimes fooner, and 

 fometimes later, as the Year proves 

 dry or moift. 



As foon as it is fit to cut, it mould 

 be done with a: J the Speed that 

 pofiibly may be, that it may not fade, 

 or grow pale ; and when it is cut, it 

 ought to be immediately carry'd to 

 the Mill. The manner of doing 

 which, and the way of ordering it, 

 is belt learn'd from experiene'd 

 Workmen, and is not to be trulted 

 to a verbal Description of it. 



Jn plowing it up, and fowing it 

 again, they pick up all the old 

 Roots as they harrow it, except 

 what they defign for Seed, which they 

 let fland to the next Year : it many 

 times produces fifty Quarters upon 

 an Acre. 



They always keep a good "Quan- 

 tity of Seed by them, to plant the 

 Ground that fails : the Seed of two 

 Years old will fometimes grow ; but 

 as it is apt to fail, it is better to fow 

 that of the firft. And if rhey fow or 

 plant it late, if the Ground be dry 

 and hard, they fleep it in Water the* 

 Day before they low it, which 

 caufes it to come up the fooner. 



Good Woadmay yield five or fix 

 Crops in a plentiful Year ; though it 

 ordinarily yields but four, fometimes 

 but three ; efpecially if it be let 

 fland to grow for Seed : but what 

 grows in Winter they do not ufe, 

 though it is very good for Sheep. 

 The two firft Crops are the bell, 

 which are ufualiy mix'd in the fea- 

 foning. The latter Crops are much 

 the worfe ; which, if mixed with 

 either of the former Crops, fpoil the 

 Whole. 



It many times fells from fix Pounds 

 to thirty Pounds a Ton, an Acre 

 common yielding about a Ton. 



ISORA, The Screvv-trce. 



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